# Social Icons

> Circle social icon buttons with outline ring and brand color hover fill — each icon sits inside a circular button with a subtle border ring that expands on hover while the background fills with the platform's brand color, fully token-driven and design-system agnostic.

- Category: Social
- Frameworks: Vanilla, React + CSS, React + Tailwind
- Design system: Sienna
- Dark mode: yes
- Access: premium (Atheros AI Pass)
- Tags: icons
- Page: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/social-icons
- Preview: https://d17nmjscumqk5d.cloudfront.net/builder/templates/tpl_builder_social_icons/preview-78915682eee0.webp

## Features

- Five circle icon buttons for Instagram, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, and GitHub using Tabler Icons (inline SVGs, 24x24, stroke-width 2)
- Each button has a circular outline ring that expands outward on hover via outline-offset
- Brand-specific hover fills: Instagram gradient, X dark/light fill, YouTube red, LinkedIn blue, GitHub dark
- Icons scale up on hover for tactile feedback
- Dark-mode brand color variants that cross-fade smoothly when `body.dark` is applied
- All colors driven by CSS custom properties for easy theming
- Design-system switcher for live re-theming across multiple brand palettes

## Accessibility

- **ARIA labels** — All icon links have an `aria-label` that names the platform and announces the new-tab context
- **Landmark** — The icon row is a `<nav>` labelled "Social media links"
- **Social links** — Real `<a>` with `target="_blank"` and `rel="noopener noreferrer"`
- **Focus indicators** — `.sic-btn:focus-visible` re-colors the resting outline to `--ring` at `--sic-ring-offset`
- **Reduced motion** — `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce` disables all animations
- **Viewport** — `100dvh` for mobile-safe viewport height

## Common questions

**Which frameworks is Social Icons available in?**

Social Icons ships as Vanilla, React + CSS and React + Tailwind — HTML, CSS, JS and React source you can copy, download or clone into Atheros AI Builder.

**Is Social Icons free?**

Social Icons is a premium component. Anyone can preview it; the source, downloads and AI customisation are included with Atheros AI Pass.

**Does Social Icons support dark mode?**

Yes. Social Icons ships light and dark themes, both drawn from the Sienna design system's tokens. Switch the preview to dark mode to compare them.

## Get the code

Preview Social Icons live, then sign in to copy or download the source, apply another design system, or ask the AI assistant to change it: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/social-icons

Every component on https://builder.atheros.ai is also reachable from Claude Code, Cursor and Codex through the Atheros MCP server (paid plans). Component index: https://builder.atheros.ai/llms-components.txt